Though it is well-known for its many arms, the octopus does not seem to know where those eight appendages are most of the time. “In the octopus, you have no bones and no joints, and every point in its ...

The octopus is very odd. It is not at all like such mammals as the dog and the monkey, which have brains built on the same plan as humans, even though they are much dumber. The octopus is not a mammal ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American October 8 might be International Octopus Day, ...

The depths of the ocean never cease to amaze, whether it's due to the discovery of a new animal, something unknown, or an ...

This article is part of the Psychology Today animal minds series. Is the consciousness of octopusses unified? Source: Pia/Pexels Recently, Sidney Carls-Diamante, a post-doctoral researcher at the ...

Scientists claim a new map of the octopus genetic code has revealed a creature so strange that it could be an "alien". The creatures have a hugely complicated genome sequence, and have more ...

Videos filmed by divers show that choking, blinding and sacrificing limbs are all in the cephalopods’ repertoire. By Joshua Rapp Learn The conger eel was the favorite, weighing at least three times ...

Footage recorded in Western Australia and published online earlier this month shows an octopus darting out of a pool and seizing a crab from the water's edge before returning to its lair with its ...

SMALL PRINT:WHAT'S in an octopus? Not just brains to burn, but also significant new clues that could justify concerns about climate change. Recent research in the Southern Ocean, involving scientific ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Octopuses are tricky animals to keep in ...